Salento and the Cocora Valley - World’s Tallest Palm Trees // Colombia Travel Vlog
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- Home to the world's largest palm trees, the Cocora Valley in Salento is said to be one of the best places to visit in Colombia. The only trouble is that it is a little out of the way from pretty much every other top tourist attraction in Colombia. In this video, we explore the palm trees in the Cocora Valley, meander through Salento's Disney-inspiring streets, and ultimately answer the question: "Is the Cocora Valley worth visiting?"
If you are wondering what to do in Salento, the first answer you will come across is to visit the nearby Cocora Valley (or Valle de Cocora in Spanish) to see one of Colombia's many marvels - the world's tallest palm trees. You have to take a jeep ride to get there from Salento (which is an experience of it's own), but the palm trees are easily accessible from the town of Salento. Weather in the Cocora Valley can be a little unpredictable, so we suggest you get there nice and early in an attempt to arrive before the morning fog rolls in. Although it might not be ideal to visit on a foggy day, there is something magical about seeing the world's tallest palms popping up through the mist.
The town of Salento is the most picturesque place we have ever visited. It is no wonder this small Colombian town was used as the inspiration for Disney's Encanto. The colourful streets, trendy markets, and delicious food make for a great place to base yourself out of for a few days. If you are a fish lover and are visiting Salento, we highly recommend trying trucha makanas at Donde Laurita restaurant - according to Mico it is amazing! And be sure to build time into your itinerary to just walk around and marvel at the beautifully painted doors down every street in this small town.
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== Chapters ==
00:00 The beautiful Cocora Valley
00:25 Where are we now?
01:50 A little wind in your hair at 7am?
02:45 Seriously, look at this place?!
04:47 The Colombia we pictured
05:45 Why we aren't hiking much
06:23 We were hoping this wouldn't happen
07:06 Drinking coffee with the tallest palm trees in the world!
09:16 Trucha macanas at Donde Lauritas (lunch time!)
11:24 Commence tour of the famous doors of Salento
12:51 So, are Salento and the Cocora Valley worth visiting?
13:44 Bloopers
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To me this’s the best place of Colombia. It’s very beautiful and peaceful ❤️
That Cocora Valley landscape is so breathtaking ...!!! Salento's architecture is just beautiful !
It really is! We wish we could go back already!
Amazing drone shots! Love that both of you are always cheerful 🤘🏽
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Stunning landscape
It was so beautiful. We were lucky to capture it from the sky, the drone does such a beautiful job showing it off!
WOW what a way to go for a cup of coffee. I love how colorful area and the animal friends you've met on your outings.
Thankfully the views and experience made up for the taste of the coffee 😅
So beautiful!! I just subscribed to your channel after your interview with Fire we Go! This is our dream. Slow travel! Working hard on our finances to be able to do it!
We are so glad you found us and are working towards those travel travels dreams! You can do it 👏👏👏
Oooh men amazing video!!!!👏👏👏👏💛💙❤️from Australia.
Riding on the back of the jeep you get the best views haha.
It looked really beautiful in Cocora Valley the palm trees are really cool.
It did look fun to roll down the hill haha
The buildings in Salento are just so colourful! It does look like Encanto.. xx
Thanks for watching! We had a great time and the colors really were mindblowing! ☺
I like your vlogging style. You two are such a fun and compatible couple. Hope you have many great travels.
Thanks so much! 😊 We try our best to just enjoy the day and share that energy with those who watch. Glad you enjoyed!
Both of you are wonderful 🥰🥰
Really thanks so much for your video
I follow you from United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪
God bless you ☺️
It's our pleasure! We are glad you enjoy the videos and we will do our best to keep on producing entertaining travel vids :) UAE wow! We hope to explore that country one day as we've heard so much about it.
Obsessed with the drone footage again 😍 so dreamy. You are both inspiring a lot of bucket list places for me to visit!
Awe thank you! Colombia is a great place to have a drone. Their drone laws are generous and the landscapes are stunning!
Do not do drones in the Corcora Valley, it is actually illegal without permission because of Condors and the parrots that nest in the Wax Palms.
Que lugar tan chimbaaaaaa 🇨🇴🥰
I just recently got back from a trip to Colombia to visit my partner, I am Colombian/Canadian, eventually hoping on getting her up here to the great white north, ( she will need some convincing, she doesn't believe that Ottawa gets hotter than her region of Ibague in the summer). We took a 4 day trip to Salento and Valle Corcora the setting of the Disney Movie, Encanto., our hotel room cost me $120 for the period, although we were in the off season. Also unless you have permission it is illegal to use drones in the Corcora Valley, due to sensitive bird species that nest in the Wax Palms for anyone who visits, Salento is fine as far as I believe.
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I'm going next month....how do you get to Salento from bogota or medellin without flying? Is there a direct bus route? 🥰
There is a bus from the south bus terminal in Medellin to Salento for 73K pesos and it has one change in another small town close by.
bus terminal, for foreigners I would suggest either Expreso Bolivariano. or Expreso Brasilia.
@@jerryjenkins5739 you got ripped on that bus fare price. I don't think I paid more than 40 -50mil pesos for any bus ride in Colombia.